2008 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics

The 2008 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics (Spanish: XIII Campeonato Iberoamericano de Atletismo), was an athletics competition which was held at the Estadio Tierra de Campeones in Iquique, Chile from June 13 to the 15th. A total of forty-four events were contested, of which 22 by male and 22 by female athletes.

XIII Ibero-American Championships in Athletics
Dates13 – 15 June 2008
Host cityIquique, ChileChile
VenueEstadio Tierra de Campeones
Events44
Participation316 athletes from
19 nations

Iquique was selected as the host city for the event, in May 2006, at the Iberoamerican Athletics Confederation Congress (Congreso de la Confederación Iberoamericana de Atletismo).[1] A running track was installed at the stadium specifically for the competition.[2]

No championship records were set at an edition which has hampered by cold, windy whether in the Chilean city. Six national records were broken at the competition,[3] however, including a Chilean record throw of 18.65 m by shot put winner Natalia Ducó, which was also a South American junior record.[4] Ecuador's Bayron Piedra was another stand-out performer as he set a national record to win the 3000 metres, adding to his silver medal from the 1500 metres.

The competition was dominated by Brazilian athletes: seventeen gold medals were won by the country's athletes and it topped the medal table with a total of 44 medals – a third of those on offer. Colombia had the next most golds with five and Spain and Argentina took four each. The hosts Chile had two golds in their medal haul of eight altogether.[3]

Medal summary

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
(wind: -2.3 m/s)
 José Carlos Moreira (BRA)10.54  Franklin Nazareno (ECU)10.60  Kael Becerra (CHI)10.62
200 metres  Sandro Viana (BRA)20.87  Bruno de Barros (BRA)20.95  Cristián Reyes (CHI)21.14
400 metres  Geiner Mosquera (COL)46.63  Fernando de Almeida (BRA)46.73  Héctor Carrasquillo (PUR)46.92
800 metres  Andy González (CUB)1:47.59  Fabiano Peçanha (BRA)1:47.83  Salvador Crespo (ESP)1:48.11
1500 metres  Fabiano Peçanha (BRA)3:42.06  Bayron Piedra (ECU)3:42.65  Víctor Montaner (ESP)3:42.93
3000 metres  Bayron Piedra (ECU)7:54.69 NR  Isaías Ataro (MEX)7:54.70  Mario Bazán (PER)7:57.95 NR
5000 metres  Javier Carriqueo (ARG)13:51.14  Alejandro Suárez (MEX)13:51.20  Juan Carlos Romero (MEX)13:51.25
110 metres hurdles
(wind: -2.0 m/s)
 Paulo César Villar (COL)13.74  Enrique Llanos (PUR)13.89  Éder Antônio Souza (BRA)14.10
400 metres hurdles  Mahau Suguimati (BRA)50.07  Jeisson Rivas (COL)50.92  Tiago Bueno (BRA)51.20
3000 metres steeplechase  Mario Bazán (PER)8:42.51  Francisco Lara (ESP)8:43.57  Gládson Barbosa (BRA)8:44.93
4×100 metres relay  Brazil (BRA)
Vicente de Lima
Sandro Viana
Bruno de Barros
José Carlos Moreira
38.96  Argentina (ARG)
José Manuel Garaventa
Mariano Jiménez
Miguel Wilken
Matías Usandivaras
40.28 Only two finishers
4×400 metres relay  Cuba (CUB)
Omar Cisneros
William Collazo
Yasmani Copello
Yeimer López
3:03.22  Brazil (BRA)
Luís Ambrosio
Luíz Guilherme de Oliveira
André de Melo
Fernando de Almeida
3:08.45  Dominican Republic (DOM)
Ramon Frías
Tayron Reyes
Gustavo Cuesta
Kelvin Herrera
3:08.70
20,000 metres walk  José Alessandro Bagio (BRA)1:23:12.6  Juan Manuel Cano (ARG)1:24:19.2  Patricio Ortega (ECU)1:24:24.1
High jump  Jessé de Lima (BRA)2.20 m  Fábio Baptista (BRA)2.20 m  Santiago Guerci (ARG)2.20 m
Pole vault  Henrique Martins (BRA)5.00 m  Marcelo Terra (ARG)5.00 m  Guillermo Chiaraviglio (ARG)4.80 m
Long jump  Gaspar Araújo (POR)7.82 m  Jonathan Martínez (ESP)7.64 m  Louis Tristán (PER)7.58 m
Triple jump  Hugo Chila (ECU)16.31 m  Thiago Dias (BRA)15.53 m  Leonardo Elisiario dos Santos (BRA)15.34 m
Shot put  Borja Vivas (ESP)19.45 m  Reinaldo Proenza (CUB)19.42 m  Germán Lauro (ARG)19.02 m
Discus throw  Jorge Balliengo (ARG)59.43 m  Pedro Cuesta (ESP)57.67 m  Ronald Julião (BRA)56.77 m
Hammer throw  Juan Ignacio Cerra (ARG)69.74 m  Dário Manso (POR)68.96 m  Moisés Campeny (ESP)68.87 m
Javelin throw  Anier Boué (CUB)78.77 m  Noraldo Palacios (COL)77.20 m  Víctor Fatecha (PAR)75.81 m
Decathlon  Odirlei Pessoni (BRA)7362 pts  Ânderson Venâncio (BRA)6944 pts  Tiago Marto (POR)6915 pts

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
(wind: -1.5 m/s)
 Yomara Hinestroza (COL)11.58  Lucimar de Moura (BRA)11.70  Rosemar Coelho Neto (BRA)11.74
200 metres  Darlenys Obregón (COL)23.84  Wilmarys Álvarez (VEN)23.85  Rosemar Coelho Neto (BRA)23.86
400 metres  Zudikey Rodríguez (MEX)52.14  Wilmarys Álvarez (VEN)53.33  Maria Laura Almirão (BRA)53.34
800 metres  Christiane dos Santos (BRA)2:04.34  Lizaira Del Valle (PUR)2:04.37  Cristina Guevara (MEX)2:04.42
1500 metres  Sabine Heitling (BRA)4:18.78  Nadia Rodríguez (ARG)4:23.24  Elena García (ESP)4:23.45
3000 metres  Dolores Checa (ESP)9:16.53  Rosa Godoy (ARG)9:22.72  Nadia Rodríguez (ARG)9:29.58
5000 metres  Sonia Bejarano (ESP)16:01.00  Fabiana Cristine da Silva (BRA)16:05.45  María Isabel Montilla (VEN)16:30.60 NR
100 metres hurdles  Francisca Guzmán (CHI)13.56  Brigitte Merlano (COL)13.60  Lucimara da Silva (BRA)13.61
400 metres hurdles  Lucimar Teodoro (BRA)56.1  Gisele Cruz (BRA)56.8  Lucy Jaramillo (ECU)57.9
3000 metres steeplechase  Sabine Heitling (BRA)9:54.70  Rosa Godoy (ARG)10:00.36 NR  Ángela Figueroa (COL)10:02.13
4×100 metres relay  Colombia (COL)
Yomara Hinestroza
Mirtha Brock
Darlenys Obregón
María Idrobo
44.89  Brazil (BRA)
Lucimar de Moura
Rosemar Coelho Neto
Ana Cláudia Lemos Silva
Luciana dos Santos
44.99  Chile (CHI)
Daniela Pávez
Carolina Díaz
Ljubica Milos
Sicylle Jeria
46.87
4×400 metres relay  Mexico (MEX)
Ruth Grajeda
Gabriela Medina
Nallely Vela
Zudikey Rodríguez
3:33.27  Brazil (BRA)
Maria Laura Almirão
Perla Regina dos Santos
Sheila Ferreira
Josiane Tito
3:34.01  Colombia (COL)
Mirtha Brock
Maria Alejandra Idrobo
Kelly López
Norma González
3:39.46
10,000 metres walk  Maribel Gonçalves (POR)45:24.59  Graciela Mendoza (MEX)46:43.94  Cisiane Dutra Lopes (BRA)46:54.20
High jump  Eliana da Silva (BRA)1.87 m  Caterine Ibargüen (COL)1.85 m  Solange Witteveen (ARG)1.83 m
Pole vault  Joana Ribeiro Costa (BRA)4.20 m  Carolina Torres (CHI)4.10 m  Alejandra García (ARG)
 Keisa Monterola (VEN)
4.00 m
Long jump  Arantza Loureiro (ESP)6.25 m  Eliane Martins (BRA)6.20 m  Claudette Martínez (MEX)5.89 m
Triple jump  Verónica Davis (VEN)13.32 m  Laurice Cristina Félix (BRA)12.86 m  Jennifer Arveláez (VEN)12.84 m
Shot put  Natalia Ducó (CHI)18.65 m AJR NR  Andréa Pereira (BRA)16.72 m  Ahymará Espinoza (VEN)14.98 m
Discus throw  Rocío Comba (ARG)54.49 m  Karen Gallardo (CHI)53.10 m NR  Elisângela Adriano (BRA)52.82 m
Hammer throw  Rosa Rodríguez (VEN)65.96 m  Jennifer Dahlgren (ARG)64.89 m  Josiane Soares (BRA)63.09 m
Javelin throw  Alessandra Resende (BRA)56.59 m  María González (VEN)53.20 m  Zuleima Araméndiz (COL)53.11 m
Heptathlon  Lucimara da Silva (BRA)5739 pts  Ana Capdevila (ESP)5312 pts  Macarena Reyes (CHI)5278 pts

Medal table

Lucimar de Moura won 100 m silver medals individually and in the relay.

  *   Host nation (Chile)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Brazil17151244
2 Colombia54312
3 Argentina47617
4 Spain44412
5 Cuba3104
6 Venezuela2349
7 Mexico2338
8 Chile*2248
9 Ecuador2226
10 Portugal2114
11 Peru1023
12 Puerto Rico0213
13 Dominican Republic0011
 Paraguay0011
Totals (14 entries)444444132

Participation

Of the twenty-eight members of the Asociación Iberoamericana de Atletismo, nineteen nations sent delegations to the 2008 championships. This represented all the organisation's members but for Guinea-Bissau. A total of 322 athletes were set to take part in the competition [5] of which 316 actually participated.

References

  1. Iquique será la sede del Iberoamericano de Atletismo 2008. Cooperativa (2006-05-26). Retrieved on 2011-01-03.
  2. Atletas piden acelerar pista Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine. Estrella Iquique (2007-04-27). Retrieved on 2011-01-03.
  3. Biscayart, Eduardo (2008-06-16). Brazil takes Ibero-American Championships in Chile – Final Day. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-01-03.
  4. Biscayart, Eduardo (2008-06-14). Shot putter Ducó extends South American junior record in Iquique - Ibero-American Champs Day 1. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-01-03.
  5. El Atletismo Ibero-Americano - San Fernando 2010 Archived 2011-11-23 at the Wayback Machine (pg. 214). RFEA. Retrieved on 2012-01-08.
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